Matthew 17:19

Then the disciples having come to Jesus by himself, said, 'Wherefore were we not able to cast him out?'

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out?

In Context

18and Jesus rebuked him, and the demon went out of him, and the lad was healed from that hour.

20And Jesus said to them, 'Through your want of faith; for verily I say to you, if ye may have faith as a grain of mustard, ye shall say to this mount, Remove hence to yonder place, and it shall remove, and nothing shall be impossible to you,

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Cross References

Mark 4:10And when he was alone, those about him, with the twelve, did ask him of the simile,

Matthew Henry on Matthew 17:15-22

The Expulsion of a Demon. 14 And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying, 15 Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatic, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water. 16 And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him. 17 Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me. 18 And Jesus rebuked the devil;… Read the whole commentary →

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